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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Astroturf

1966, proprietary name for a kind of artificial grass, so called because it was used first in the Houston, Texas, Astrodome, indoor sports stadium. See astro- + turf. Houston was a center of the U.S. space program.

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astroturf

n. (alternative spelling of AstroTurf English) vb. (alternative spelling of Astroturf English)

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AstroTurf

AstroTurf is a brand of artificial turf. The original AstroTurf product was a short-pile synthetic turf. The prime reason to incorporate AstroTurf on game fields was to avoid the cost of laying natural turf, especially indoors.

Usage examples of "astroturf".

They stood on raggy patches of Astroturf, slamming golf balls into the screens.

Ragged holograms of hula dancers swayed in the darkness, lifesize plastic flamingoes stood among the trees, and a number of naked and half-naked couples were making love on the Astroturf, apparently unconcerned about who might be watching them.

Life for them would remain the field: green Astroturf wet thoroughly before game time, the continual sharp crack of the.

Sunset Boulevard, with a scalp rich in astroturf, a mouthful of cobalt and Strontium 90 and a million bucks of computerized courting-tackle, this bionic bullybag nestling between my thighs.

The grave itself had been bordered with sections of incongruously green Astroturf, and the casket was perched on a chrome-plated frame above the hole in the ground.

Random items of furniture -- overstuffed easy chairs, end-table lamps, swatches of astroturf, saki cups -- float relaxedly in the gentle air tides that waft through the cells.

Then he brought his foot down the wrong way on Astroturf and fractured every bone in his right ankle.

The Astroturf lawn in front of his house Onofre had won in a cereal boxtop jingle contest, but he had paid hard cash for all the plants in his elaborate and colorful flower gardens, and they were all plastic.

On the astroturf carpet stood Fielding Goodney, drinking real orange juice from a tall beaker.

The backyard was a strip of Astroturfed patio followed by real grass, pale in comparison.

Playmate of the Year Barbara Edwards composed herself at the far end of the astroturfed marquee.